First, we visited the Vatican City - St Peter's Basilica, the adminstrative and spirtual capital of Roman catholicism. This church is real impressive, the art works by many Italian artists were fantastic - the cravings and all... wow!!
After lunch at a chinese restaurant (was not bad), we headed towards the mighty Colosseum, one of the most magnificent monuments of ancient Rome. It once used to seat 50,000 spectators and was the chief circus of the Roman Empire where battles were held. Suddenly, there was a heavy downpour.. and the strong wind came.. most of our umbrellas were blown away.. this is what they call heavy showers!!! Singapore's downpour is really no big deal as compared to theirs.. no wonder the shape of their umbrella is diff from ours...
Next, we went to the fountain of Trevi, the filming site of Triumph in the skies. The sculpture beside the wishing pond was awesomely carved... there was this legend... throw 3 coins into the fountain.. First, one has to make a wish to revisit Rome again.. secondly, one has to make a wish to marry a Roman guy or lady.. last but not least, one can make ur own wish..
haha.. i onli make my first wish and therefore onli threw in a coin.. Although its still raining and the temperature was 2 degrees.. we didnt give our ice cream a miss.. yum yum.. grrr...
On our way to the coach, we walked past many boutiques.. din haf a chance to patroninze them though..
We stayed at Holiday Inn hotel. AFter 12 hrs on the flight.. we could finally catch some good sleep...
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